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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 84 points 14 hours ago

[When launched] Prime Video with ads was given a "very light ad load," providing subscribers “gentle entry into advertising that has exceeded customers expectations in terms of what the ad experience would be like." The executive pointed out that Prime Video with ads doesn't show commercials in the middle of content. That could change next year.

Planned enshittification a la boiling frogs.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

The executive pointed out that Prime Video with ads doesn't show commercials in the middle of content. That could change next year.

So regular TV is designed around the ads.

Cliff hangers before ads are done not only for the story, but to keep you there through the ad to get the outcome to the cliffhanger.

That partially went away with the no ad streaming.

Now that shitty behavior is going to come back.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Now that shitty behavior is going to come back.

Of course not. Streaming sites are far too lazy for that. They'll just cram the commercial into the middle of the show with no regard for the story. It's the only way they'll be able to put ads in the middle of shows not made to have ads.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Ugh, you're right. Enshittify to the max!

[-] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 14 points 11 hours ago

Light my arse, from the start they've interrupted with adverts for their own crap making it barely tolerable. Even on the adfree tier.

Canceled and no intention of ever going back. Measuring your ad load by American standards doesn't work when your competition is netflix and iPlayer.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago

I'll just pirate their shit. I'll pirate it so hard and I'll do it with both middle fingers in the air. But not literally, I would definitely need both hands to pirate their content.

We still need one person with a membership to download and post it all. Maybe we should start a fund to support their ever increasing membership costs…

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

So are executives born with an asshole where their mouth belongs or do they surgically put it on when you get the gig?

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago

Humans, being deuterostomes, have an embryological stage where we are just anuses.

Some humans never develop past that.

[-] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago

That's not even true, they interrupted episode 2 of Rings of Power for me.

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